The BeagleBoard has a huge open source community. To be effective at using the Beagle you need to learn how work with the community. The purpose of this exercise is to introduce you some of the Beagle communities.

There are two sets of exercises here, one for students taking my class at Rose-Hulman, the other for workshop participants. Pick the one that applies to you.

Contents

For Rose Students

eLinux.org

eLinux.org is where this page is posted. It's also where I've posted all the class exercises. I tag all my pages with [[Category:ECE497]] so it's easy to find all my pages here Category:ECE497. Bookmark it, you'll use it a lot.

signup for email updates. I like send each message as it arrives for this group.

post a response to my message

IRC

There's also an IRC channel for the Beagle. It's a good place to get really quick answers since there is usually someone monitoring the channel the knows the Beagle.

Go to the channel and post something.

For Workshop Participants

eLinux.org

eLinux.org is where this page is posted. It's also where I've posted all the class exercises. I tag all my pages with [[Category:ECE497]] so it's easy to find all my pages here Category:ECE497. Bookmark it, we'll use it in the workshop.

BeagleBoard.org

BeagleBoard.org is the "official" BeagleBoard site, you'll find lots of good information here.

While visiting, download a copy of the System Reference Manual (SRM) for the Beagle you are using.

Also check out the FAQ. It has some good suggestions on where to find information.

BeagleBoard Google Group

There is a Google Group for the BeagleBoard. This is where I go for most of my information, it's easy to search for past information and members are quick to post answers to questions. Try it,

search for something like cloud9 and see what you find

You'll also find a BeagleBoard Workshop group. I set it up just for workshops. This is how you can stay in touch with other Workshoppers.

subscribe to the group

signup for email updates. I like send each message as it arrives for this group.

post a response to my message

IRC

There's also an IRC channel for the Beagle. It's a good place to get really quick answers since there is usually someone monitoring the channel the knows the Beagle.